I use to feed f/t and it was a pain and half the time my bp turned his nose up @ it. And I didn't blame him...ugh it was disgusting.
Since I switched to live not a problem. All three of my younger bp's have been getting live mice since they day I brought them home from the breeder.
I tend to keep a little more of a watchful eye when switching from mice to rats until the bp becomes use to the larger prey size.
I have had a couple scratches from the rats little claws but nothing that ever broke the skin.

I mean really they are wild animals even if captive breed and born. They don't have their instincts breed out of them.
In the wild they don't eat f/t they eat live and seem to carry on and make it. I don't get the whole f/t live debate.
I figure it came out of someone who was not a responsible feeder.

I agree that some tend to make this a whole lot harder than it really is. Sometimes way to much thinking put in to it rather than just tending to the task at hand.